Tag: Race

New Patriots coach makes bold statement on race

New Patriots coach makes bold statement on race

Jerod Mayo, the first Black head coach for the Patriots says he does see color. During a press conference that went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mayo said: “I do see color because I believe if you don’t see color, you can’t see racism.”  He continued by saying that acknowledging race “does matter […]

Franny Choi’s Latest Poetry Finds Hope For the Future

Franny Choi’s Latest Poetry Finds Hope For the Future

Poet Franny Choi believes that marginalized people have already experienced the apocalypse. In her latest poetry collection, she explores what it’s like to live in this never-ending dystopia. The title of the new collection is The World Keeps Ending, and The World Goes On, and it feels pretty spot on for what is happening currently in our society. These poems uniquely feature past, present, and future world-endings. Choi writes directly and indirectly about how the world has already ended, the apocalypse has already happened, and survival is happening too.

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